Tag Archives: VBA

3D Frame Update

Posted on 29/04/2021 by dougaj4

Following a comment here I have updated the code for the 3DFrame spreadsheet to calculate shear deflections correctly for sections with a different shear area for each transverse principal axis. The updated files can be downloaded from: 3DFrame.zip A note … Continue reading →

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Elastic Biaxial Bending

Posted on 11/04/2021 by dougaj4

Spreadsheets performing Ultimate Limit State analysis with biaxial moments have been presented previously, most recently here: Biaxial bending update I have now modified the Beam Design Functions spreadsheet to carry out a biaxial moment analysis with linear elastic material properties. … Continue reading →

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Floating Point Precision Problems

Posted on 05/04/2021 by dougaj4

A question on Quora : prompted me to look at how these numbers are handled in Excel, in VBA called from Excel, and in Python called from Excel via pyxll. The results are shown in the screenshot below: Column A … Continue reading →

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Lambda and VBA

Posted on 28/02/2021 by dougaj4

The new Excel Lambda function (see here for more details and links) is currently only available to those signed up to the Beta Preview version of Excel 365, but is has been favourably reviewed by almost all of those who … Continue reading →

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Eval and Let examples

Posted on 21/02/2021 by dougaj4

Final example updated 28th Feb 2021, following comment from Craig: There are many examples of the use of the new Let function on the web (see my previous post on this topic for links). This post compares use of Let … Continue reading →

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